About block 956,571
Bitcoin block 956,571 was mined by OCEAN on July 4, 2026 at 1:20 AM UTC, 3 min 1 s after block 956,570. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,901 transactions in 1.77 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0109 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1359 BTC for this block.
Block 956,571 is number 988 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,028 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,429 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. OCEAN found 51 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,291 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.